Apparatus for sorting guts



H. EBERHARDT APPARATUS FOR SOR' IING GUTS June 24, 1930.

Filed March 9, 1929 Patentecl June 24, 1930 HERMAENN E'BER ARDT, F ,jIBESLhuIeEaMA ii [APPARATUS FOR :SVQRYTIENG enrs Application fil edMarch" 9, 1929, Serial no;

Sorting apparatus havebecome known in which, opposite a stationary wallserving as an abutment and guide face for the articles to be measured,several movable wall elements or the like are arranged, spaced atdifferent distances from the stationary wall,

Contrary to these known, devices the apparatus for sorting gutsaccordingto'the, invention is of simpler construction and much: easierto manipulate as the movable wallelements are formedby the front ends ofsuitable levers normally. perpendicular to the wall and mounted on acommon axle parallel to the stationary wall, said levers areadapted tobedepressed sothat'their ends move in a direction approximately parallelto the stationary wall. This form of construction presents the.advantage that uponinsertion of the gut into the apparatus,

work is carried out, very rapidly. An embodiment of the invention isillustrated byway of example in the a'ccompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section through the apparatus on line 1-1 ofFig. 2, showing the elements in the position which they assume duringthemeasuring.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of 1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevationofFig. 1.

Fig. 4: shows on larger scale a top plan' View in the direction of thearrowline a v in Fig.1. [I I 'g Abase plate 1 has at oneend a stationary35 walllO and further bearings 2 in which an axle 3 is journalledparallel to said stationary wall. On said axle, several twoarmed leversare pivotally mounted which are normally perpendicular to the stationaryV 40 wall 10. The arms 4, 5, 6 9' of these levers are consecutively ofdifferent length, the front arms 4", 5., 6' .9 of said leverspossessing, owing to their hollow prismatic shape, a light overweight sothat they come to rest upon a support 1 on the base plate l, as shown inFlg, 2.

All the levers, with the exception of the lever 4, 4", are shown in thelowered positlOn. V j The distance between this stationary wall aw h inGermany March 16; 1928.

10 and the corresponding 'endio'f the several. arms 4e","5,, 6f 9:of theleversis different, i. ether distance st between thiswall 10 and the.arm 4 is shortesttFigg4) th l J arm 97 being farthest distant from saidwall, the distances between-the wall 10 and the. end of the a'rr'n'9being the greatest distance.

,r The different distances ofthe ends of the face .with'different signsin accordance with.

corresp'ondinggauges. a Theoperation 1s as 'follows I x The workman 'isstanding before the paratusat thesiderdesignat'ed in Fig. *1 by a.-cross and looks in the'direction of the: arrow line b... He {grips thegut D. to be measured it is atthe same time measured sothatthe.

which isinflated and lowers it along the;

stationary wall 10 until it bears a'gainst the base plate 1".v Theiarmsof the levers situated in the direction of movement of the I gut'arethereby depressed around the axle 3 8 the levers l, 4" and so forth.

in the direction of the arrow line b. When the diameter d of the gut Dis smaller than theidistance 8 between "the end of arm-4! and thewall10, none of the levers are de pressed. If however the gut. diameterid isgreater than the distances; but smaller 3 than the distances only thelever 4, 4 is depressed. If the diameter of the gut is greater than thedistance 8 but smaller than n1 the example illustrated the diameter a isgreater 'than the distance sgbut smaller than the distance 5 so that thegut depresses only the lever 4', 4' from the position inand 5', 5" aredepressed dicated in dash lines into the position shown a With numerals27 and-29, meaningthat the distance 34 between the end of theprecedingarm 4and the stationary Wall 10 is 27 mms. and that the distance sbetween the arm 5 and the stationary Wall 10 is 29 mms.

At the inserting of an inflated gut D into theapparatusagnumber oflevers according tothe thicknessof'thegut are depressed and 1 the resultof the measuring has to be'rea'd on V b o the first lever whichlias'notbeen depressed.

If the inflated gut D has at the insertion the levers 4"," 4c"; and 5, 5the lever -6, 6" indicates that the diameter d of the gut'Dis greaterthan or similar to 29 mms., and smallerthan 31 mms. If the insertedgut-D depresses i 'only the lever 4 l, as showninyth'e drawing; thediameter a? of} the gut is similar. to or greater than 27' mms. butsmaller than 29mms. The third group n of-v'signs r consistsof'consecutive numerals l 2, 3 6 and theyserve for'sorting the r V gutsinto groups. A gut which depresses a onlythe lever 41; 4 belongs to thegroup 2andagutwhich-depresses the'levers'l'A, i I 5 5 -a1id 6,,"6-,belongs to group 14. If

upon insertion ofagut'D none of the levers are depressed, it belongs tothe group 1. V Thethird group ofsigns consists of dots t a I ofdiflerentcolors. The dot tfon arm 4:fis 7 for; instance green, that on, arm 5yellow, I j that on arin G -vvhit'e and soon; -These differ V ently;coloured dots indicate the difierenti groupsfor sorting sothatltheworkman can a sort according-to the color of the dot on thebscillatedleverl: a '7 1 1 These signs are notobligatory and other."

' a signsthan those described may be used.'

i'Iclaim:

b g A' sorting apparatus especially for guts,

- comprising in combination With the base v plate having avertical'ifront wall an axle parallel to saidr'vtll and fixedons'aidbaseplate; and a'numberof levers normally per pendicular to said. allandpivotally mount- 8 ed on saidaxleso that their corresponding 7 ends arestandingat different distances from r saidvertical Wall, saidleversbe'ing adapted to be depressedto move approximately par-,' 7 allelto saidstationary Wall. a c i 56 f In testimony WhereofI aifixr mysignature.

- 7: YHERMANN EBERHARDT;

